Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Doug Holloway on May 10, 2008, 11:26:15 am
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Hi Guys
This is an article which I wrote for an ezine, what do you think ?
www.ezinearticles.com
Search article no 1148852 in article i.d
Cheers
Doug
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Very pro Doug easy to understand and well written ;)
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Nice subtle mktg too. look forward to all the Kent leads Doug. ;D
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Nice easy read, well laid out.
Well done
Shaun
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the comments, sometimes when one writes things they come out well and other times they just do not flow.
Cheers
Doug
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Very good Doug, you may regret it though when one of your clients wants you to clean a cotton, grease ingrained three piece with cold water. ;D
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Quality link from from a page rank 6 site to yours.
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Doug
Sorry only got to Scherezade Lozano :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
Len
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Hi Guys
Been asked to publish on here.
I have always been quite interested in environmentally friendly cleaning, having worked as an industrial chemist for 8 years and latterly as a carpet cleaner for 25.
A greener way of cleaning carpets grew out of this and suppliers becoming more aware of the sales opportunities, meant that better products became available.
It is quite possible to achieve excellent cleaning results using a green approach.
How you may ask?
Well first and foremost is the use of much less cleaning chemical, meaning less pollution and less chemical left in your carpet. These cleaning solutions must also be mild, pH balanced and easily rinseable.
Secondly the equipment used to clean must be efficient and effective so that good results can be achieved at a low carbon cost.
So how is this achieved?
There are several different green carpet cleaning chemicals available to the discerning carpet cleaner, my favourite is the sodium salt sodium tripolyphosphate. Now this might sound like a chemical nasty but is in fact a regular ingredient in food and other related products like tooth paste. It has the added advantage of having good detergency, meaning it is effective in loosening soil for the removal by the extraction equipment.
The solution is sprayed onto the carpet, agitated using a brush machine to release dirt and other soils and then extracted with a rinsing solution containing almost nothing but water. There is a small amount of surfactant to make the water wetter and a ph balancer to restore your carpet to a neutral pH.
The water can either be hot or cooler, even cold if the customer prefers this approach, the lesser cleaning effect of cold water being made up by more agitation and dwell time.
The equipment used would be a hot water extraction machine with powerful pumps and vacuums, meaning you the customer gets a very thorough clean and the carpet is left only damp and quickly dries naturally.
Sofas and other upholstery can also be very effectively cleaned using this method.
I have achieved excellent results using this approach and the cleaning environment is much healthier for all concerned as there are no perfumes, optical brighteners, bleaches or hydrocarbon solvents.
Finally I must stress that I am a busy carpet cleaner putting this into practice on an almost daily basis, it works!.
If you wish to email me regarding any question, for a quotation or to recommend another green carpet cleaner in your area then please feel free.
Written by Doug Holloway, a qualified industrial chemist who also happens to be a carpet cleaner.
Also had links to my 1st 4 carpet Cleaning and Green Carpet Cleaning sites but we seem to have a problem with links at present.
Cheers
Doug
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Doug
Did you start your blog?
If so could you post a link so I can put it in my Favourites
Ian
My Gurus tell me Ezines are a great way to improve your ratings and searches if like Doug you are working for National Domination ;D ;D ;D